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cultivated \ and upon feveral rivers I crofTed, 

 large trafts of good meadow, which they 

 are able to water at pleafure. One vigneron 

 gave me the particulars of the produce of 

 his vineyard in middling years, which was, 

 per acre, 



1. s. d. 

 8 queus, at 54 gallons, at 



2l. IOS. 2O O O 



3 ditto, at il. i os 4 10 o 



24 10 o 



The nett profit was 318 o 



Another vineyard yields : 



1. s. d. 



7 queus, at 3!, 2100 



4 at 4!. 1600 



37 o o 



The nett profit 460 



Some vineyards will yield a produce of from 



30!. to 50!. an acre -, yet even in this the 



N 2 owner's 



